Good Morning/Good Afternoon/Good Evening. Song of The Day. Eight Days a Week is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, based on McCartneys original idea, recorded by the Beatles and released on their December 1964 album Beatles for Sale. Paul McCartney has attributed the inspiration of the song to at least two different sources. In a 1984 interview with Playboy, he credited the title to Ringo Starr, who was noted for his malapropisms, which are credited as the source of other song titles (such as A Hard Days Night and Tomorrow Never Knows). LINDA: Ringo also said, Eight days a week. PAUL: Yeah, he said it as though he were an overworked chauffeur. (in heavy accent) Eight days a week. (laughter) When we heard it, we said, Really? Bing! Got it! —Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney, 1984 Playboy Interview However, he has also credited the title to an actual chauffeur who once drove him to Lennons house in Weybridge. I usually drove myself there, but the chauffeur drove me out that day and I said, Howve you been? – Oh working hard, he said, working eight days a week. —Paul McCartney, The Beatles Anthology. Eight Days a Week is the first song which the Beatles took into the studio unfinished to work on the arrangement during the session, a practice which would later become common for the band. The song was mainly recorded in two recording sessions on 6 October devoted exclusively to this song, which lasted nearly seven hours with a fifteen-minute break in between. Lennon and McCartney tried several ideas for the intro and outro of the song. The first take featured a simple acoustic guitar introduction. The second take introduced an oo-ing vocal that was experimented with until the sixth take, when it was abandoned in favour of the final guitar intro. The final outro (along with unused intro takes) was recorded separately on 18 October. The final version of the song incorporated another Beatles first and pop music rarity: the song begins with a fade-in, as opposed to the common fade-out ending. The instrumentation includes acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, bass and overdubbed handclaps. The fade-in and coda both include more guitar overdubs.
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